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Ducaton 'Silver Rider' Gold, 11 ducats weight
| Issuer | Holland, Province of |
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| Year | 1672-1680 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1581-1795) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | MO : NO : ARG : CON FΠ: BELG : PRO : HOL . (Translation: New silver coin of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Province of Holland) |
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Holland struck this piece during what the Dutch call the Rampjaar — the "Disaster Year" of 1672, when France, England, Münster, and Cologne simultaneously invaded the Republic. The provincial gold ducaton pattern series emerged from a period of acute monetary stress, when the States General debated emergency coinage to fund a war being fought on multiple fronts at once. Whether these were struck as presentation pieces, monetary proposals, or both remains contested among specialists.
Delmonte's attribution as a pattern (the "G" prefix) is the critical designation here. Mintage was almost certainly in the single digits.